On the Korean battlefield, there was a battle that was rare in the history of the world, and this battle was the Battle of Shangganling. The defeat of the United Nations army led by the United States in the Battle of Shangganling has made the Western military circles very confused, why is it the United Nations army that has lost?
After VanVleet succeeded Ridgway as the third commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army," the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea had been going on for two years, but the two-year-long campaign had already consumed tens of billions of dollars in the United States, and more than 100,000 American troops died in the Korean War. In order to achieve victory as soon as possible, the Americans began to engage in conspiracies, first pretending to take a negotiating posture, but they did not want to talk at all, just delaying time, and on the other hand, they were ready to launch a "showdown" operation, just to occupy more chips in the negotiation.
Because the military geographical location of Shangganling is extremely special, the survival of Shangganling's positions can directly affect the entire war situation, and even affect the history of Korea, the commander-in-chief of the United States Van Frie also realized the criticality of Shangganling, so in his "showdown" operation, he prepared to send 2 battalions of troops to attack the 45th Division of the Chinese Volunteer Army guarding Shangganling. Among the American generals, Van Frie highly admired the fire offensive, and in the American combat he led, he had to maximize the firepower superiority every time, so with this confidence, he estimated that Shangganling could not withstand the fire offensive for six days to take it, and could control the casualties at about 200 people.
In fact, it was reasonable for the United States at that time to be so confident that they had the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world, countless aircraft cannons, and all kinds of military materials, and they did not have to worry about it at all, and the most crucial thing for them was to have money, while our volunteer army, domestic construction had not yet started, simple military shovels could not be built at all, aircraft cannons, guns and ammunition could only be barely supplied, and the gap between the enemy and ourselves was very wide. However, in the midst of such adversity, it was actually the United Nations army led by the United States that was defeated, which puzzled the Western military circles, in fact, the reasons for the defeat of the United Nations army can be summarized into three points.
The first point is that the United States is a light enemy, the United States has advanced weapons in its hands, its military capabilities are far superior to those of the volunteer army, and its attitude is extremely contemptuous, in fact, they have forgotten the fate of MacArthur's light enemy. In Van Frie's eyes, Shangganling is just a small hill, and the US tanks can be flattened by driving past, and may not be able to use tanks, and cannonballs can blow it flat. So I didn't seriously grind tactics, I just wanted to attack strongly.
The second point is that the volunteer army knows each other and knows itself, and wins with wisdom, the volunteer army is well aware of the powerful strength of the US army, but they did not shrink back but seriously considered the existing us troops, weapons, etc. to analyze and put forward corresponding countermeasures, on the problem of how to avoid the powerful firepower output of the United States, the volunteer army took the tunnel system as a defense system, this way of tunnel operation, effectively avoided the US military's ground attack, effectively defused the powerful power of the US military's firepower, even if the United States put more artillery shells It is also difficult to completely destroy the underground defense system, the US military simply takes the tunnels of the volunteer army, and the only thing that can be taken in the end is the blockade countermeasure, but this cannot stop the footsteps of the volunteer army. The volunteers lay out day and night in the tunnels, often taking advantage of the tunnels to attack when the Americans were not prepared, and finally won the victory. It has to be said that the combat wisdom of the volunteer army cannot be caught up by the United States.
The third point is Chinese tenacious will, which is also the most critical point. In the Battle of Shangganling, on this small hill of less than 4 square kilometers, such a small place could normally accommodate only 1 company or 1 battalion of troops, but what people did not expect was that nearly 100,000 people were put into battle here, so it was rare in the world. In the end, the Battle of Shangganling was no longer the time to fight for weapons and wisdom, but to fight harder, and whoever fought harder would be able to win the victory. The answer tells us that the Americans are afraid of death and dare not fight, and Chinese are not afraid of death and dare to fight, so China has won.
In fact, what confuses the Western military circles has never been the victory of the battle itself, but the life paid behind the victory, perhaps in their view, in the face of such a powerful country, it must be killed, is it not good to keep life? Why give your life for the sake of your country? It is this that they will never be able to appreciate.
In the Battle of Ganling, Huang Jiguang was never the only one who could block bullets with his body, and there were thousands of Huang Jiguang behind our country, and this was our national spirit, the Chinese soldiers! The moment our soldiers step into the army, they know that behind them is the country, the people, and the enemy in front of them, and they must meet the enemy with a frontal body and leave security to the motherland and the people.
In the trenches of the Volunteer Army in the Battle of Shangganling, there were piles of corpses piled up, they changed another company after a company was lost, and when a battalion was sacrificed, they went to the top of another battalion, so they knew that it was death and resolutely advanced, the Chinese soldiers would not abandon, would not give up, sacrificed for the country, and tenacious will was the key to victory on the battlefield, not only in the Battle of Shangganling, but also in every battle, why Chinese could not be killed, this problem will let the Western countries continue to confuse it.